Information between 16th May 2024 - 13th September 2024
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Tuesday 8th October 2024 4 p.m. Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat - Harpenden and Berkhamsted) Westminster Hall debate - Westminster Hall Subject: The matter of tackling sewage discharges in chalk streams View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Environment and Climate Change Committee Report: An Extraordinary Challenge: Restoring 30 per cent of our Land and Sea by 2030
48 speeches (26,445 words) Wednesday 11th September 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) they have absolutely trashed, and I know that my friend Feargal Sharkey would love some help with the chalk - Link to Speech |
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Transport
31 speeches (9,483 words) Monday 9th September 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Lee Dillon (LD - Newbury) also enjoy being surrounded by the area of outstanding natural beauty and 200 of the most precious chalk - Link to Speech 2: Mike Kane (Lab - Wythenshawe and Sale East) When it comes to our beautiful chalk streams such as the ones in Newbury, or to our skies, it is our - Link to Speech |
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Technology in Public Services
94 speeches (23,848 words) Monday 2nd September 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Alex Brewer (LD - North East Hampshire) If they like their nature by the water, there is Fleet pond, the Basingstoke canal and our two chalk - Link to Speech |
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Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
114 speeches (37,893 words) 2nd reading Monday 29th July 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Josh Dean (Lab - Hertford and Stortford) our environment.Our natural environment is as diverse as it is beautiful, with some of Britain’s rare chalk - Link to Speech |
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Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower
135 speeches (38,212 words) Friday 26th July 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Pippa Heylings (LD - South Cambridgeshire) isolated in villages with no public transport.This inclusive vision must include our unique and precious chalk - Link to Speech |
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Economy, Welfare and Public Services
151 speeches (47,061 words) Monday 22nd July 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) Vale of White Horse landscape, and there is also the ancient Uffington white horse and the beautiful chalk - Link to Speech 2: Victoria Collins (LD - Harpenden and Berkhamsted) We are a collection of proud and vibrant communities with four beautiful chalk streams and the Grand - Link to Speech |
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King’s Speech
91 speeches (54,701 words) Thursday 18th July 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bshp - Bishops) Albans, covering Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, we are home to several of this country’s beautiful chalk - Link to Speech |
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Water Companies: Failure
21 speeches (1,308 words) Tuesday 21st May 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bshp - Bishops) example, run-off from agricultural land—which is devastating many of our rivers, including the important chalk - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 29th May 2024
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2023-24: List of closed petitions Petitions Committee Found: people 362 Stop housing asylum seekers in tourist towns 65 Ban water companies dumping sewage in chalk |
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Wednesday 15th May 2024
Oral Evidence - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Environmental Audit Committee Found: We are prioritising that in bathing areas and what we call high priority areas— chalk streams, shellfish |
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Wednesday 15th May 2024
Oral Evidence - The Rivers Trust, Professor Peter Hammond, and River Action UK Environmental Audit Committee Found: We are prioritising that in bathing areas and what we call high priority areas— chalk streams, shellfish |
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Wednesday 15th May 2024
Oral Evidence - Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, and Water UK Environmental Audit Committee Found: We are prioritising that in bathing areas and what we call high priority areas— chalk streams, shellfish |
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Sewage discharges - CBP-10027
May. 24 2024 Found: • Modelling of national policies for reducing discharges in chalk streams and sensitive rivers (reducing |
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Tuesday 30th July 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Source Page: Government response to OEP's report on the implementation of the water framework directive regulations and river basin management planning Document: produced a report (PDF) Found: measures relevant to specific topics such as those dealing with particular types of waters (for example, chalk |
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Tuesday 30th July 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Source Page: Government launches rapid review to meet Environment Act targets Document: The full document can be found here (PDF) Found: streams. |
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Jul. 31 2024
Environment Agency Source Page: New scheme to improve habitat quality in Norfolk chalk stream Document: New scheme to improve habitat quality in Norfolk chalk stream (webpage) News and Communications Found: Chalk streams are a rare global habitat, with only 200 worldwide, mostly concentrated in southern England |
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Monday 2nd September 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate Source Page: Successful Just Transition Fund applications: EIR release Document: EIR 202400417620 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: Research has found that large woody material rapidly restores biodiversity in riverine food webs in chalk |